The Working Group

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

The Role of WGEPPP

The International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) is the professional organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI). The Working Group on Evaluation of Public Policies and Programs (WGEPPP) is part of INTOSAI in order to meet its strategic objectives of knowledge sharing (Strategic Goal 3).

The Working Group aims to develop the practice of evaluation of public policies and programmes by SAIs and to provide interested SAIs with information, methodological tools and good practices examples.

The group endeavours to promote the exchange of experiences and good practices in the field of public policy and programme evaluation, to collect and disseminate relevant information, to support knowledge sharing among SAIs and to facilitate the planning and conduct of evaluations by SAIs.

The work of the WGEPPP is guided in particular by INTOSAI GUID 9020 – Evaluation of Public Policies, which sets out the main characteristics and methods of public policy evaluation. The Working Group also builds on previous WGEPPP work, including earlier methodological papers and exchanges, while focusing on current challenges, practical implementation and peer learning among SAIs.

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History of WGEPPP

Since its creation in 1992, the WGEPPP has focused on exchanging good practices on programme and public policy evaluation, collecting and disseminating information and facilitating the implementation of evaluations by SAIs.

A major result of this group consisted in the endorsement of the “Guidelines on the Evaluation of Public Policies” by the XXII INCOSAI of December 2016 as INTOSAI GOV 9400. These guidelines, which aim to identify the main characteristics and methods of the Evaluation of Public Policies, had been submitted to a large consultation within the INTOSAI community and international organisations such as the UN General Secretariat. Following the introduction of the INTOSAI Framework of Professional Pronouncements, these guidelines are now referred to as INTOSAI GUID 9020 – Evaluation of Public Policies.

On this basis, a new direction for the WGEPPP was approved at INCOSAI and the composition of the group was reviewed to take into account the new direction. According to INTOSAI’s knowledge sharing objective, and as stated at the INCOSAI, the Working Group has organized, technical workshops and meetings on the optimal combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in performing evaluations and on concrete cases of evaluation in specific sectors. These meetings have been set up, as far as possible, in partnership with recognised national and international evaluation organisations and professional networks.

Therefore, the objectives of those meetings are to delve deeper into the practice of public policy evaluation. The WGEPPP aims to support SAIs in the practical implementation of evaluation through the exchange of good practices and the sharing of experience. By doing so, the working group and its members are giving meaning to INTOSAI’s motto: “Mutual experience benefits all”.

Change of Chairmanship

The team behind WGEPPP, from left to right: Nico Granitzer, Deborah Martinez, Grégoire Crittin, Brigitte Christ, Didier Monnot, Emmanuel Sangra and Mario Luketic.

The French SAI has chaired the WGEPPP for many years. The achievements are numerous and the evaluation of public policies and programmes is more than ever a topical issue and an area of expertise within our SAIs. Since March 2022, the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) leads the WGEPPP. This handover was formalized in Paris at the international conference on the future of Europe in the presence of Mrs Margit Kraker, President of the SAI of Austria and Secretary General of INTOSAI.


Mario Luketic
Secretary General of WGEPPP


Brigitte Christ
Deputy President
Swiss Federal Audit Office


Emmanuel Sangra
Chair of WGEPPP